| The Get-Away | |
| Director: | Edward Buzzell Richard Rosson |
| Producer: | J. Walter Ruben |
| Starring: | Robert Sterling Charles Winninger Donna Reed |
| Music: | Daniele Amfitheatrof |
| Cinematography: | Sidney Wagner |
| Editing: | James E. Newcom |
| Studio: | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Distributor: | Loew's Inc. |
| Runtime: | 89 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
The Get-Away is a 1941 American crime drama film directed by Edward Buzzell and starring Robert Sterling, Charles Winninger and Donna Reed. Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it is a remake of the 1935 film Public Hero No. 1.[1] It has been listed as a precursor of film noir.[2]
A federal agent goes undercover in a prison to infiltrate the circle of a criminal and gain information about him and his gang. He gains his confidence and the two take part of an escape together. On the outside they encounter the criminal's sister who naively sees her brother as a petty thief who can be reformed rather than the hardened murderer he really is.
In a contemporary review for The New York Times, critic Bosley Crowther called the film "routine fiction in the cops-and-robbers vein" and "deadly dreary stuff, pounded out from a blueprint, and poorly, almost childishly, played."[3]